VMware ESXi 5.0 Installation

﻿In the article, we will show how to install VMware ESXi 5.0. Thereby, we will do the installation from a USB stick. This configuration is supported by VMware, as shown in the Installing ESXi 5.0 from a USB Stick article. Please be sure that the hardware has been certified for ESXi 5.0.

Installation

The following gallery shows the individual installation steps, one after the other:

Step 1: The VMware ESXi Hypervisor boot menu

Step 2: Installation starts automatically

Step 3: The progress of booting is shown

Step 4: Confirm the Welcome screen by pressing Enter

Step 5: EULA License (press F11), the available devices will be scanned afterwards.